# Who Has To Die Now? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 8, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-to-die-now/173993 "2003-05-08T22:56:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-to-die-now/173993/1 "2003-05-08T22:56:57Z")
Seems as though every Rock n Roll era ends with the death (or deaths) of one of the young, widely respected icons of that era: Buddy Holly The Big Bopper Richie Valens Janice Joplin Jim Morrison Jimi Hendrix Sid Vicious John Lennon Kurt Cobain … to name a few. It’s been a while now, so who goes next? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-to-die-now/173993/2 "2003-05-09T01:14:46Z")
Is there anybody in rock who’s respected now? (And for that matter, when was Sid Vicious a widely respected icon? I think most of that happened after he died.) ---
**Author:** ![gorillacus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dfb087/32.png) [@gorillacus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gorillacus)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-to-die-now/173993/3 "2003-05-09T03:25:19Z")
Hey **vl\_mungo** Are you looking for a wish list? Or mere prophecy? I have enough bile to supply the former, but my connections to the spirit world are thankfully null. I’m also of the opinion that ‘popular’ music is so fractured that any one death will not rank as an epochal marker. I have a lot of ideas of whom should take the big eternal gig, but there are no real giants among them. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-to-die-now/173993/4 "2003-05-09T03:32:48Z")
Madonna Michael Jackson Paul Hewson ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-to-die-now/173993/5 "2003-05-09T03:34:33Z")
Should the hip-hop deaths of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls perhaps be added to your list? ---
**Author:** ![Carter\_the\_Great](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Carter\_the\_Great](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carter_the_Great)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-to-die-now/173993/6 "2003-05-09T09:50:24Z")
Also what’s his ass from Stone Temple Pilots. And that Depeche Mode guy. Biggie and Tupac are very important. ---
**Author:** ![Back\_Lot\_Brawl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Back\_Lot\_Brawl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Back_Lot_Brawl)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-to-die-now/173993/7 "2003-05-09T09:58:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Carter the Great \* > \*\*Also what’s his ass from Stone Temple Pilots. > > And that Depeche Mode guy. \*\* No one from Stone Temple Pilots or Depeche Mode ever died… unless you’re suggesting they **will**. I can’t tell from your context. ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-to-die-now/173993/8 "2003-05-09T11:11:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by erictelevision \* > \*\*Michael Jackson > Paul Hewson \*\* In the “Darth Vader killed Anakin Skywalker” sense of things, Michael Jackson is already dead, really. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-to-die-now/173993/9 "2003-05-09T11:47:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cmkeller \* > \*\*Should the hip-hop deaths of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls perhaps be added to your list? \*\* What era concluded with their deaths? Is gangsta rap different now? ---
**Author:** ![Carter\_the\_Great](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Carter\_the\_Great](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carter_the_Great)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-to-die-now/173993/10 "2003-05-13T10:23:08Z")
## Yes… Gangsta rap is pretty much dead. There aren’t Gangstas anymore there are Playas. Biggie was sort of a transitional character. I was under the impression that Scot Weiland had died… apparently I wasn’t the only one. I just read a few articles about how is death was widely reported on the internet but he is infact alive and working on a new solo albulm. And who was the guy who hung himself? Was it the INXS guy and not the Depeche Mode guy? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-to-die-now/173993/11 "2003-05-13T10:28:24Z")
The INXS guy hung himself (self asphyxiation, I think). ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-to-die-now/173993/12 "2003-05-13T11:44:40Z")
Madonna and Michael Jackson haven’t been in the spotlight for years, so I don’t think that their deaths would be too monumental. Maybe if Jennifer Lopez died, pop music would come to an end and we could get an era of good music. (A guy can dream, can’t he?) ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-to-die-now/173993/13 "2003-05-13T11:46:46Z")
Uh… think about that, **Diceman**. Pop music = popular music. If there’s no popular music… you mean no one will like music? :eek: Heh. It’s ok, I knew what you meant. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-to-die-now/173993/14 "2003-05-13T13:53:56Z")
I think **Aliyah** was the last death. Or was **Left Eye**?